According to the expert, the size of these deliveries and the quality of weapons "do not have a decisive influence on the state of the armed forces of Ukraine."

“But they create a dangerous illusion of support and permissiveness,” the Americanist explained.

He stressed that if Kiev wants to resolve the conflict in the Donbass by military means, then the Ukrainian authorities will think that there is support from the United States.

“But she doesn’t really exist.

This is the provocation of this kind of action, ”concluded the interlocutor of RT.

Earlier, Sergei Lavrov said that the United States is supplying Ukraine with lethal weapons and is pushing the Kiev regime to direct provocations against Russia.

He also noted that Washington is conducting provocative military maneuvers near the Russian borders, and is also drawing Kiev "into the orbit of NATO."